HEADCANON MEME

[whackadhaos]

Sup, polychromatids. Time for your... monthly meme!

HEADCANON MEME

shut up I like polka dots do not judge me

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[primrosella]

Now that you mention it, I actually don't think Proto has ever laughed while he was human. Like, actually laughed, not derisive snickery "I'm so superior to you" laughing. And I think if he did, he would like it a whole lot.

Proto is a very excitement-oriented robot. I can recall an incident in at least one of the episodes where Wily was enacting one of his more stealthy, insidious kind of plans, and Proto whines that he's sick of all the sneaking around, and he wants action~! And really, he's never happier than when he's running around blowing things up. He'll do smug and sarcastic when he's chilling with Wily, but the closest he ever gets to outright joy is when he's shooting things. Proto likes action, and that's what keeps him entertained--and keeps him sticking with Wily.

So I think that if Proto were ever to actually have a reason to laugh, as a human, he would love it. The excitement and action of the situation, which he already understands and is familiar with, coupled with all the sensations he's not familiar with--the rush of adrenaline, the lightheadedness, the ache in his stomach from all the muscles being worked in new ways--I think it'd add an entirely new dimension to the experience, and I think he'd try to repeat it as many times as he could. Which I guess is kind of sad in a weird sort of way.

[doujin_dork]

omg, that is AMAZING, ffft, was it pink and fluffy? I'll bet it was.

. . . 8) That's amazingly hilarious. AND YOU KNOW I DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY, but you have answered my question now, yes. That's kinda . . . fascinating in a horrifying way- Hey. Wait. Is that how he explains other peoples' emotions? So then does he think that Hiyori is nice to him so she can get favours? THE JERK! I hope that sandwich was filled with- um. Not a fridge!

He's laughed at cow!yori. That counts, yeah? 8D And yeah, that makes sense, but then, I don't think he's really laughed for real as a robot, either, aside from snark!laugh. But that's really cool! Vot about feelink mushy unt tingly???

Also, MOAR QUESTIONS! When did Proto start, for lack of a better word, feeling how he does about Hiyori? And what about Obito?

[primrosella]

It definitely was. He got the biggest, most obnoxious one he could win. And then left it on Kaiba's desk.

NO, PROTO CAN'T BANG PEOPLE. HE DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY. HOW'S THAT?

Actually, Proto thinks Hiyori is nice to him because she's a girl. He's already given up on understanding how girls operate, so basically anything she does that he doesn't comprehend, he chalks it up to "well, she's a girl". Who knows why girls do the things they do? Not Proto!

MOAR QUESTIONS will be addressed in another comment oaifhaf I tl;dr too much

[sitaronthewater]

I ACTUALLY DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY, EITHER. Just- relationship, but for Proto, not Proto as Prince Charming.

lols, yeah. I agree with Proto. Girls are a different species entirely.

[primrosella]

Oh. Well. In that case, allow me to respond with a relevant bit of fic:

~*~

It was the same game they always played, again and again, week after week.

Robots didn't sleep, of course, which tended to work in his favor; he didn't have to worry about lame physical constraints like fatigue getting in the way of his antics. And that was why he was up every Saturday morning at the crack of dawn, racing across the rooftops, plasma cannon firing blue-silver energy blasts at whatever target he'd picked for the day. Sometimes it was something as mundane as a jewelry store heist; others, it was like being at home again, threatening to blow up the carousel or kidnap the nonexistent mayor or turn the entire population of Building Three into robot slaves. But every week it was a new plan, and every week his trademark smirk was in place as he threw it into action.

And every week, at the crack of dawn, a fuming and grumbling Obito would drag himself out of bed and take on the mantle of the City's protector, throwing himself between the mumble-grumble-stupid-jerk robot and his target of the day, nobly fighting to defend the greater good and the innocent citizens of the land he'd sworn to protect.

Every week, the plan was foiled, of course. And every week, Proto got away just in the nick of time, (much to his would-be nemesis's frustration), and spent the other six days plotting his next wacky scheme.

That was the nice part about being a bad guy, he snickered. Dating heroes was so easy.

~*~

That is how Proto does "relationship". =D

[sitaronthewater]

I LOVE THAT RELEVANT BIT OF FIC SO HARD.

/uses fangasm icon

/wrong account, but is lazy

/uses hot icon

[primrosella]

And for the reverse, as always, the trick to dating Proto is to not tell him you're dating.

[sitaronthewater]

/writes this down

[primrosella]

I actually can't put my finger on when exactly Proto started fixating on Hiyori, honestly. I want to say it was earlier this year, after he lost Riou and Nanami all at once, and then X shortly thereafter. He ended up deciding that he was okay with her, originally, because she never failed to talk to him even when he was being sulky and reclusive, and he liked the attention. But it wasn't until he lost so many of his friends (though he would never admit to calling them that) all at once that he really ended up attaching to her. Hiyori was a nice constant in his life, and it looked like she was the only one who was going to stick around with him, so he started hanging around her more. And then hanging around her more meant investing more time and effort into keeping her interesting, which led to more possessiveness, which eventually spiraled into...whatever it is now. It's a weird kind of possessive friendshippy puppy thing, almost. Proto's used to being somebody's second-in-command, and Hiyori's quickly becoming his Dr. Wily. But you knew that already.

Obito, Proto got attached to almost instantly. As soon as he figured out that Obito would bicker with him, it was love. The relationship he had with Obito is the closest he's ever come to matching the one he has with Mega since he's been in the City, and we all know how Proto treats Mega. Obi couldn't replace his little brother, and the dynamic wasn't quite the same--Proto never would've considered asking Obito to join him on the bad side and help him rule the world, for example--but he loved the bickering and the constant challenge and the way Obi would flip out whenever he got mad. And he misses his ninja rival so much.

[sitaronthewater]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, Wilyori.

D: Aww, Probito. Poor Proto. Rival-less.

[primrosella]

He does so well when he has a rival, too.

The trouble is, he needs to have a rival who isn't exactly, um, competent. Cough, cough.

[sitaronthewater]

I hope those are not coughs of implications.

[primrosella]

I'M SURE OBITO IS A VERY COMPETENT NINJA. THAT IS ALL I AM SAYING.